ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live Off Air Without Explanation

“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said on Sept. 15.

Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar Media Group said after the episode aired that they would pull the program from dozens of ABC affiliates, citing Kimmel’s comments as “ill-timed and insensitive.”

It returned to air on Sept Two days later, Federal Communications Commission

Commissioner Brendan Carr publicly rebuked Kimmel, and Disney reportedly pulled the show for several days. It returned to air on Sept. 23.

When he returned to his show a week after the Disney-owned network suspended him for his remarks he delivered a teary-eyed response to Erika Kirk, Charlie’s widow, though the host never actually apologized for the remark that got him thrown off the air.

“There was a moment over the weekend, a very beautiful moment. I don’t know if you saw this. On Sunday, Erika Kirk forgave the man who shot her husband. She forgave him. That is an example we should follow,” Kimmel told the audience.